You say no to social events, to friends, lovers, family, to that weekend away, to that dinner, to that twenty-minute coffee, because you want to ‘get caught up’. You say ‘I have a few things I need to catch up on, I am so busy right now.’

I have at least a couple of friends who, for several years, whenever I have asked how they are, have replied: ‘I am so busy!' From outside their world looking in, it appears that they haven’t known a life without being ‘so busy’.